Angle brush holder



May 22, 1956 H. E. RUTTER 2,746,076

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H/S ATTORNEYS ANGLE BRUSH HOLDER Harley E. Rutter, Ingram, Pa. Application February 23, 1951, Serial No. 212,265

Claims. (Cl. rte-24 s This invention relates to a brush holder for bending and holding the bristles of a brush at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the brush so that the brush is adapted for painting inaccessible places which cannot be reached readily with an ordinary paint brush, for example, the eaves of a house,the back of the gutter or a wall of a house which is in back of a down spout." The brush holder includes a cross arm which is pivoted to the frame of the brush holder. When the cross arm is rotated to operative position it bends and holds the bristles of the brush at an angle so that inaccessible places can be reached. When the pivoted cross arm is in inoperative position the bristles extend straight so that the brush can be used in the ordinary manner without the necessity of removing the brush helder from the brush, thereby enabling quick changes to be made to convert the holder from an angle brush holder to a straight brush holder and vice versa.

in the accompanying drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of my invention- Figure l is a front elevation of a paintbrush with the holder applied thereto, the holder being in inoperaholder with the brush holder in the operative position for bending and holding the bristles at an angle;

Figure 4 is an end elevation of the brush and brush holder shown in Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a front elevation of the brush holder in its inoperative position;

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the brush holder shown in Figure 5;

Figure 7 is an end elevation of the holder shown in Figure 5;

Figure 8 is an end elevation of the brush holder in the operative position which it occupies as shown in Figure 4 wherein the bristles are bent;

Figure 9 is a horizontal section taken on the line IX-IX of Figure 5; and

Figure 10 is a front elevation of the bracket and locking pins which lock the cross arm in operative position, the parts being removed from the holder for clearness of illustration.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawings, the paint brush is of the ordinary kind having a handle 2 and bristles 3, the base 4 of the bristles being set in rubber or other suitable material held within a metal band 5 located at the base of the brush. The brush holder preferably is made of metal and comprises a frame indicated generally by the reference numeral 7. The top of the frame is in the form of an oval metal band 8 which fits around the metal band 5 forming the base of the brush. The frame 7 also comprises a downwardly projecting portion 9 at the front of the holder and to the lower end of this portion 9 there is secured 2,746,075 Patented May 22, 1956 "ice a latch 10. This latch. extends across the width of the holder and is made of spring metal.

Two clamps 12 are pivoted adjacent their upper ends as indicated by the reference numeral 13 to the portion 8 of the frame 7. These clamps are of general U-shape in cross section and extend downwardly along the side edges of the base 5 of the brush soas to secure the holder to the brush when the ends 14 of the clamps are moved toward each other. Each of the clamps 12 is provided with 2. lug 15 which extends toward the latch 10. These lugs may be made by slitting the clamps and bending portions to form the .lugs. The latch 10 is provided with two serrated or teeth portions 16 which may be made by forming teeth inthe edge of the latch 10 and then bending the portions with teeth in them toward the clamps12. When a brush is placed in theholder and the clamps 12 are pressed toward each other, the teeth 16 of the latch 10 engage the lug's 15 of the clamps 12 so that the clamps firmly. engage the sides of the brush, thereby securing the holder ,to the brush.

The cross arm indicated generally by the reference numeral 18 is pivoted to the frame by pins .19 so that the cross arm can be moved from the position shown in Figure 7 to that shown in Figure 8. The cross arm 18 comprises a web 20 and a flange 21 at eachend of the web. The pins 19 extend through'the flanges 21 of the cross arm 18.

A bracket indicated generally by the reference numeral 24 extends crosswise of the frame portion 8 and is secured thereto. The bracket 24 has a web 25 and two downwardly and inwardly turned ends 1 26. Two locking pins 27 are slidably mounted in the bracket 24. The outer'end '28 of each pin extends through a hole 29 formed in each of the ends 26 of the bracket 24. The inner end '30 of each pin 27 extends through an opening in a bracket 31 which is secured to the bracket24. A U-shaped' stop means-32 is secured to the bracket 31. A leaf spring 33, which is curved into generaI'U-shape, has its ends connected to the inner ends 3'9jo'fthe pins '27 so that the spring urges the pins 27 outwardly. ln-

ward movement of the ends of the pins 27 is limited by the stops 32.

The brush holder is used in the following manner. The brush is inserted into the holder and the clamps 12 are moved toward each other so as to engage the base of the brush and in this position they are held by the latch 10. If it is desired to use the brush as an ordinary paint brush, the cross arm 18 is allowed to remain in the position shown in Figures 2 and 7. When it is desired to bend and hold the bristles at an angle as shown in Figure 4, the cross arm 18 is moved to the position shown in Figure 4 or 8. In order to aid in moving the cross arm to the position shown in Figure 4, the ends of the spring 33 may be moved toward each other by squeezing the spring with the hand. After the cross arm 18 has reached the position shown in Figure 4, the spring is released, thereby causing the spring to move the pins 27 outwardly. In this position they engage the edge 18a of the cross arm 18 and positively and rigidly lock the cross arm in the position shown in Figure 4. As shown in Figure 4, the bristles 3 tend to rotate the cross arm 18 in a clockwise direction, but this rotation is prevented by contact of the pins 27 with the edges 18a of the cross arm. When it is desired to have the bristles 3 extend straight so that the paint brush can be used in the manner of an ordinary paint brush, the spring 33 is pressed so as to retract the pins 27 from engagement with the edge 18a of the cross arm 18, whereupon the cross arm can be rotated to the position shown in Figures 2 and 7.

The invention is not limited to the preferred embe secured to the base of a brush with the bristles extending outwardly beyond said frame, a cross arm-pivoted to said frame, saidcross arm including a web and a flange at each end of the web, said flanges being pivoted to said frame, said web extending across the width of the brush and adapted when in operative position to bend and hold the bristles at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the brush, a bracket secured to said frame and extending transversely of the brush. and lying between said flanges, a locking pin slidably mounted in said bracket, and a spring urging said pin outwardly beyond a flange of said cross arm for cooperating with said flange to lock said cross arm in operativeposition.

' 2. A brush holder for holding the bristlesof a brush at an angle, said holder comprising a frame adapted to be secured to the base of a brush with the bristles extending outwardly beyond said frame, two clamps each of which is'pivoted adjacent one end to said frame and has its opposite end extending away from the base of the brush,-said clamps fitting along the side. edges of the base. of the brush, and a latch extending across the base of the brush for lockingsaid clamps at a plurality of positions about their pivoted ends.

3. A brush holder for holding the bristles of a brush at an angle, said holder comprising a frame adapted to be secured to the base of a brush with the bristles ex- .tending outwardly beyond said frame, two clamps each of which is pivoted adjacent one end .to said frame and has its opposite end extending away from the base of the brush, said clamps fitting along theside edges of the base of the brush, anda latch extending across the base of the brush, said clamps having lugs extending toward said latch, said latch being made of spring metal and and a flange at each end of the web, said flanges being pivoted to said frame, said web extending across the width of the brush and adapted when in operative position to bend and hold the bristles at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the brush, a bracket secured to said frame and extending transversely of the brush and lying between said flanges, two locking pins slidably mounted in said bracket, a spring urging said pins outwardly beyond the flanges of said cross arm for cooperating with said flanges to lock said cross arm in operative position, two clamps each of which is pivoted adjacent one end to said frame and has its opposite end extending away from the base of the brush, said clamps fitting along the side edges of the base of the brush, and a latch extending across the base of the brush for locking said clamps.

5. The combination of a brush and a holder for holding bristles of the brush at an angle, said holder comprising a frame adapted to be securedto a base of the brush with the bristles extending outwardly beyond the frame, a crossarm including a web and a flange at each end of the web, said flanges being pivoted to the frame, said web extending across the widthflof the brush and adapted when in operative position tov bend and hold the bristles at an angle'to the longitudinal axis of the brush, a bracket secured to the frame and extending transversely of the brushand lying between said flanges, a locking pin slidably mounted in the bracket, and a spring urging said pin outwardly beyond a flange of the crossarm for cooperating withhthe flange. to lock the crossarm inoperative position.

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